You’re doing it wrong: 21% of self-proclaimed atheists in US believe in a higher power

Another poll confirming that the overwhelming majority of Americans believe in God. Even the atheists??

Most Americans believe that angels and demons are active in the world, and nearly 80 percent think miracles occur, according to a poll released yesterday that takes an in-depth look at Americans’ religious beliefs.
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Most Americans Believe in Higher Power, Poll Finds
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Monday, June 23 at 2:30 p.m. ET: Pew Forum Survey on Religion in America
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The study detailed Americans’ deep and broad religiosity, finding that 92 percent believe in God or a universal spirit — including one in five of those who call themselves atheists. More than half of Americans polled pray at least once a day.

But Americans aren’t rigid about their beliefs. Most of those studied — even many of the most religiously conservative — have a remarkably nonexclusive attitude toward other faiths. Seventy percent of those affiliated with a religion believe that many religions can lead to eternal salvation. And only about one-quarter of those surveyed believe there is only one way to interpret their religion’s teachings.